How much revenue did Tanks, But No Tanks make?

$1k–$3k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Tanks, But No Tanks sell?

Q: How many copies did Tanks, But No Tanks sell?

570 to 927 copies, based on its 23 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 570–927; $1k–$3k after Steam's cut $2k–$5k before Steam's cut; from 23 reviews (Positive)

Copies are estimated from the public review count, adjusted for release year, and cross-checked against SteamSpy's own estimate.

Did the prediction match what actually happened?

We hid Tanks, But No Tanks and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Tanks, But No Tanks's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 59k–92k

best case 1.6M (Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor)

Games like Tanks, But No Tanks

A typical game among these

≈ 59k–92k copies

≈ $215k–$309k after Steam's cut

from ~3k reviews

Only the top fifth of 2019's Steam releases earned $34k or more before Steam's cut, so plan for that or less.

All 8 of the similar games are hits.

Best case: Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor at ≈ 1.2M–2.0M copies, ≈ $4.3M–$11.6M after Steam's cut. It is a breakout hit, far above a typical game.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 2k reviews in their first month; the range was 167 to 41k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Arena Shooter (8 of 8) and Bullet Hell (8 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Dwarf + Action Roguelike, priced around $13. The breakout hits carry Dwarf + PvE + Top-Down; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: 4 of the 8 similar games shipped in the last two years, so this genre is actively shipping.

How these numbers were worked out

A hit here: 1,000+ reviews, roughly $150k+ before Steam's cut (a standard indie benchmark).

Copies come from each game's reviews times a sales-per-review rate that falls with release age, from about 31 for the most recent game here to about 36 for the oldest, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

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